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Kelli Bordeaux: Remains of Fort Bragg soldier missing for 2 years found

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Updated: 5:38 PM EDT May 14, 2014

Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, left, and Nicholas Holbert, right

Kelli Bordeaux: Remains of Fort Bragg soldier missing for 2 years found

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Updated: 5:38 PM EDT May 14, 2014

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. —

The remains of a Fort Bragg soldier who had been missing for more than two years were found Wednesday. A man will be charged with murder, Fayetteville police said.

The remains of Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux were found in a heavily wooded area on River Road off Interstate 295 in northern Fayetteville, police Chief Harold Medlock said in an afternoon news conference. The remains will be sent to the chief medical examiner's office to confirm the identity.

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Nicholas Michael Holbert, 27, will be charged with first-degree murder in connection with Bordeaux's death, Medlock said. Holbert has been a person of interest in the case since Bordeaux disappeared, Medlock said.

Bordeaux, then 23, left her apartment on April 13, 2012, to go to Froggy Bottoms, a bar about 1/2 mile away. Police allege Holbert, a registered sex offender, gave Bordeaux a ride from the bar.

Holbert accompanied police at the scene where Bordeaux's remains were found, Medlock said. Bordeaux's remains were found about 3-4 miles from the bar, and police believe she was dead before her body was dumped.

Hundreds of volunteers helped search for Bordeaux after her disappearance. The Army officially declared Bordeaux dead last May.